You can use Norton and Windows Vista together and in fact I am doing so.
However you cannot use Windows and Norton firewalls together. One of these
must be disabled.
Incidentally a very large number of popular products such as Oracle 9i and
Microsoft's own SQL Server 2000 are not compatible with Windows Vista.
"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> "Tom Brown" <Nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
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>>I would like to ask that an MVP weigh in on Gary's constant advice to
>>remove
>> Norton. Norton is one of the most popular (and possibly the biggest)
>> antivirus program in the world and I wonder why he thinks that will cure
>> all
>> evils. Is it true? Is Norton not useable with Vista?
>>
>> I don't use Norton on my Vista machine (my wife uses it with no problems
>> on
>> XP) so I don't know. But, if it is not compatible, or is problematic
>> with
>> Vista then that fact should be widely broadcast. If it is a legitimate
>> product to use with Visa, then someone should say so.
>>
>> So, I guess my quesiton is. ..... is anyone able to use Norton AV without
>> problems on Vista? Many of us would appreciate hearing from you so we
>> can get an idea about what the facts are.
>>
>> "Gary VanderMolen" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
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>>> Chances are, the Windows Mail problem will go away after you uninstall
>>> Norton.
>>>
>>> "Window Mail DEP message" <Window Mail DEP
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>>>> My Windows Mail stops working when a certain message is trying to be
>>>> deleted.
>>>> It is telling me that the Data Prevention Protection has closed the
>>>> program.
>>>> I've run Nortons 360 so I don't think it's a virus.
>
>
> It's good advice.
> Norton and McAfee are not compatible with Windows Mail. They also slow
> down Windows itself and cause other problems. I refuse customers who
> won't give them up.
>
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